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The region of the Niger. See Simmona's Colonial Magazine.

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The Myrmeleon — lion-ant. The term "monster" is equally applicable to small abnormal things and to great, while such epithets as "vast" are merely comparative. The cavern of the myrmeleon is vast in comparison with the hole of the common red ant. A grain of ((w: silex|)) is also a "rock."
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